Apollodotus I

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Apollodotus I was an early and influential Indo-Greek king who expanded Hellenistic rule into northwestern India and is known for his bilingual coinage and role in fostering Greco-Indian cultural exchange.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Apollodotus I canonical 2
Basileus Apollodotos 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hellenistic ruler ⓘ
Indo-Greek king ⓘ
associatedWith Greco-Bactrian Kingdom ⓘ
capital Taxila ⓘ
coinageFeature Greek legends ⓘ
Kharosthi legends ⓘ
bull imagery ⓘ
depictions of Greek deities ⓘ
elephant imagery ⓘ
coinMetal bronze ⓘ
silver ⓘ
country Indo-Greek Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Indo-Greek Kingdoms
culture Greco-Indian ⓘ
Hellenistic ⓘ
dynasty Indo-Greek dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Indo-Greek Kingdoms
epithet Soter ⓘ
historicalEra 2nd century BCE ⓘ
historicalPeriod Hellenistic period ⓘ
influenced later Indo-Greek rulers ⓘ
knownFrom coin hoards in India ⓘ
numismatic evidence ⓘ
languageOfInscription Greek ⓘ
Prakrit ⓘ
notableFor Greco-Indian cultural exchange ⓘ
bilingual coinage ⓘ
early Indo-Greek presence in India ⓘ
expansion of Hellenistic rule into northwestern India ⓘ
occupation king ⓘ
positionHeld King of the Indo-Greek Kingdom ⓘ
precededBy Demetrius I of Bactria ⓘ
regionRuled Bactria ⓘ
Gandhara ⓘ
Punjab region ⓘ
linked to: Punjab

northwestern India ⓘ
reignEnd circa 160 BCE ⓘ
reignStart circa 180 BCE ⓘ
religion Hellenistic polytheism ⓘ
roleInHistory mediator of cultural exchange between Greeks and Indians ⓘ
pioneer of Greek rule in India ⓘ
succeededBy Antimachus II ⓘ
Menander I ⓘ
territorialExpansion from Bactria into northwestern India ⓘ
translatedTitleOnCoins Tratarasa ⓘ
usedTitle Basileus Apollodotos ⓘ
linked to: Apollodotus I

Soter ⓘ
writingSystemUsedOnCoins Greek alphabet ⓘ
Kharosthi script ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Indo-Greek Kingdoms → notableRuler → Apollodotus I ⓘ
Menander I → predecessor → Apollodotus I ⓘ
Apollodotus I → usedTitle → Basileus Apollodotos ⓘ
linked to: Apollodotus I